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Lexicon :: Strong's G1062 - gamos

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γάμος
Transliteration
gamos (Key)
Pronunciation
gam'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:648,111

Strong’s Definitions

γάμος gámos, gam'-os; of uncertain affinity; nuptials:—marriage, wedding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G1062 in the following manner: marriage (9x), wedding (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G1062 in the following manner: marriage (9x), wedding (7x).

  1. a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast

  2. marriage, matrimony

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γάμος gámos, gam'-os; of uncertain affinity; nuptials:—marriage, wedding.
STRONGS G1062:
γάμος, -ου, ὁ, [probably from the root, gam, to bind, unite; Curtius, p. 546f], as in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. a wedding or marriage-festival: John 2:1; Revelation 19:7 (under the figure of a marriage here is represented the intimate and everlasting union of Christ, at his return from heaven, with his church); τὸ δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου, Revelation 19:9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah's kingdom); especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Matthew 22:8, 10 [here T WH Tr marginal reading νυμφών], Matthew 22:11, 12; plural (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Matthew 22:2ff, Matthew 22:9; Matthew 25:10; Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)).
2. marriage, matrimony: Hebrews 13:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:2; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:11; 22:12; 25:10
Luke
12:36; 14:8
John
2:1
Hebrews
13:4
Revelation
19:7; 19:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1062 matches the Greek γάμος (gamos),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:2 - and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
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